Survivor: Heroes v. Villians was again the top rated show on Thursday night and lead CBS to another ratings win. While Flashforward tied, and Marriage Ref hit a new series low rating.
While CBS was down on the night vs. last week, it still managed to come out on top of the ratings. Survivor's 3.9 adults 18-49 rating was down 5% from last week. CSI's 2.9 rating was down 6% from last week, and The Mentalist's 3.1 rating was down 6% from last week.

ABC boosted only by the season finale of Private Practice was up, but not enough to catch CBS. Flashforward stayed down at a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating, tied for its series low. Grey's Anatomy's 3.8 rating was even with last week. Private Practice's finale was up 14% from last week to a 3.2 rating. While that was 11% below its 2009 finale (4/30/09), that decline is not bad for a typical broadcast primetime show.

NBC was down overall as well vs. last week. Community fell 5% to a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. Parks & Recreation was the only show up for NBC, rising 5% to a 2.0 rating. The Office was down 3% to a 3.4 rating, and 30 Rock fell 4% to a 2.5 rating. The Marriage Ref's 1.6 adults rating was a series low, and 27% below last week's ratings.

Fox was up overall on the night, with Bones up 4% to a 2.6 adults 18-49 rating, and Fringe up 5% to a 2.3 rating.

It was "season finale" Thursday on the CW, and Vampire Diaries adults 18-49 rating was up a tenth to a 1.7 rating, again shaming Flashforward. It's 2.6 rating for the CW target women 18-34 was the same as last week. Supernatural held at a 1.4 rating for women 18-34, the same as last week.

At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.3/5 in metered-market households) trailed CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.6/5). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/3 in 18-49) tied "Late Late Show" (0.5/3).

At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

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